nld and noft Manual

nld Utility

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Compilers That Can Launch Windows nld

Windows nld is a component of these Windows-based cross-compilers, which can

launch it automatically after compilation:

When a compiler launches Windows nld, the compiler driver selects the correct run-

time libraries.

The command in Example 2-7 on page 2-5 runs the native COBOL85 compiler,

nmcobol, compiling the source files text3.cob and text4.cob, and then launches

Windows nld, producing the executable file pcoss.exe for the OSS environment.

How Windows nld Differs from nld

Windows nld object files are compatible with NonStop Kernel object files; that is, you

can build object files on either of these platforms and then link them on the other.

Linking object files on Windows nld is usually much faster than linking them on the

NonStop Kernel.

For Windows nld, the following flags are meaningless:

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-NS_extent_size on page 3-10

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-NS_max_extents on page 3-10

Note. On the PC, you must use -l or -lib on page 3-7 on the command line to specify the

location for nld to look for SRLs and archives; there are no standard library locations.

Compiler Compiler Driver DLL

Native C/C++ c89.dll

Native COBOL coboldvr.dll

pTAL ptaldvr.dll

Example 2-7. Running nmcobol and Launching Windows nld

nmcobol text3.cob text4.cob -Wsystype=oss -o pcoss.exe